Javorje - Suha Rodica (Novi vrh) (via Lepa Suha)

Access to starting point:
From highway Ljubljana - Jesenice we go to the exit Lesce and follow the road towards Bled and forward towards Bohinjska Bistrica and lake Bohinj. After the settlement Laški Rovt we will get to a smaller crossroad, where the road which leads towards the starting point of the path on Rodica, mountain pasture Suha, Šija, Vogel... and scout camp Laški Rovt branches off to the left. Macadam road immediately passes into the forest and at first ascend past the mentioned scout camp, and then it is few kilometers relatively steeply ascending. After a little less than 6.5 km of driving on a macadam, we will get to a little bigger crossroad, where a road towards the mountain pasture Planina Storeča raven (starting point of the path on Vogel) branches off to the right. Here we continue straight and after approximately 50 meters of additional driving, we get to the left turn, where there is a starting point of the path towards Planina Suha. We park on an appropriate place by the road.

Path description:
From the starting point, we continue on a marked mountain path in the direction of the mountain pasture Planina Suha. The path at first ascends by a torrent, and then turns to the right, where it is for a short time ascending gently through the forest. After few minutes of easy walking path turns left and starts ascending steeply over a steep slope. During the steep ascent for some time a nice view opens up towards the north, and then the path again flattens. Next follows few minutes of gentle walking, and then blazes point us slightly to the left on the path which starts ascending a little steeper, and in doing so it crosses slopes towards the right. Higher, we once again cross a torrent, and then by it, we ascend to the bottom edge of the mountain pasture Suha, where we also step out of the forest. From here follows only short moderate ascent and the path brings us on the main part of the mountain pasture, where some shepherd huts are situated.
From the mountain pasture, we continue past a shepherd hut by the deposits of torrential gravel. In parts very poorly visible footpath in the upper part of the mountain pasture turns slightly left. Further, the path that starts turning slightly to the right is much easier to follow. After a short ascent, we bypass the hunting cottage, which we notice on the right side.
The path then starts ascending steeper on a slope, which is partly covered with dwarf pines. This path with increasingly beautiful view, higher brings us to a little bigger cairn, where there is a crossing (straight marked path on a saddle Čez Suho, left unmarked path over Lepo Suho).
We continue left on at first a poorly visible footpath which short time crosses towards the left and then starts moderately ascending on the more and more panoramic slopes. The path ahead ascends diagonally over some smaller valleys, and then passes on steep slopes, which we still cross in the same direction. Slope quickly flattens and the path brings us in smaller, but distinct valley west from Mala Rodica. Further, we are gently ascending on a poorly visible footpath which continues through torrent ditch of the already mentioned small valley. During the ascent through a small valley we can observe ample grassy slopes of Lepa Suha, and the path which this isn't anymore we follow on easier pathless terrain. All the time during the ascent we follow left "branches" of torrent, and steeper "path" brings us on a grassy ridge, where we get very close to a marked path. Here we go left and we continue the ascent on an easy to follow, but unmarked path, on which we ascend on an indistinct saddle between Mala Rodica on the left and Rodica on the right. Here we continue right and after good 5 minutes of additional ascent, that runs on a more and more panoramic ridge we get to the top.
From the top of Rodica we continue on the ridge in the direction of Črna prst. The path at first starts descending on a ridge and then passes on the south slopes, where only few meters below the ridge crosses occasionally pretty steep slopes. Very panoramic path by the foot of Suha Rodica passes on shady slopes, where crosses slopes of the mentioned summit (snow field, which stays to the beginning of the summer). On this part, where the path runs on the northern side we will on rock notice some signs (ahead Črna prst, back Rodica). Only few steps ahead of this caption we leave the marked path and we go right into steep pathless terrain. After 10 minutes of a steep ascent on rocky terrain we reach the peak of Suha Rodica.
Javorje - Planina Suha 1:00, Planina Suha - Rodica 1:30, Rodica - Suha Rodica 45 minutes.

On the way: Planina Suha (1385m), Rodica (1966m)